Arthur Sutherland

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Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland, 1st Baronet KBE (2 October 1867–29 March 1953) was an English shipowner and philanthropist.

Sutherland was the son of Benjamin Sutherland of Newcastle upon Tyne, a flour and grain importer and produce merchant. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and in 1884 joined the shipbrokers Lindsay, Gracie & Co as a clerk. He left to open a steamer department in his father's firm, later turning it into a successful cargo shipping business, B. J. Sutherland & Co. He was chairman of that firm and several other shipping operators.

In 1910 Sutherland was elected to Newcastle City Council and served as Sheriff in 1916–1917 and Lord Mayor in 1918–1919. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the city for many years and chairman of the governors of his old school, to which he donated considerable sums of money. In 1936 he donated £100,000 to establish a medical school at the new University College of Newcastle and later gave £50,000 to establish a dental school. He served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1943.

Sutherland was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours and created a Baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours.^[1]